Yoko to the suffering: 'Forgive us.'

Less than two weeks before the anniversary of her husband's murder, Yoko Ono issued a plea for forgiveness to the world's suffering people in a full page notice in Sunday's New York Times, Reuters reported.

"Directing her words to 'people who have lost loved ones without cause,' to 'the soldiers of all countries and of all centuries,' to civilians who were injured or killed and to 'people who have been abused or tortured,' Ono wrote, 'Know that your loss is our loss ... Know that the burden is ours,' and asked, 'Forgive us.'

"She also stated that she didn't know if she could yet forgive Lennon's killer, but added 'healing is what is urgently needed now in the world. Let's heal the wounds together.'"